Turducken

Never mind.

The turducken posts. And so they begin. It's traditional.

Personally, I prefer turporken.

Hammond

Paulina had one on display which they had sliced open to show the layers. It looked like something from Body Worlds.

They already began here.

This year, Whole Foods is offering Seifurkpehs. Seitan, stuffed in tempeh, stuffed in a Tofurkey.

Mike G wrote:This year, Whole Foods is offering Seifurkpehs. Seitan, stuffed in tempeh, stuffed in a Tofurkey.

You know, you had me believing it long enough to google. Well played.

Has anyone here actually eaten turducken?

From Alton Brown's rants against stuffing and the temps required to get a big bird cooked adequately, I'd be worried about ending up with a raw chicken, stuffed in a nicely cooked duck, stuffed in a western saddle.

JoelF wrote:Has anyone here actually eaten turducken?

From Alton Brown's rants against stuffing and the temps required to get a big bird cooked adequately, I'd be worried about ending up with a raw chicken, stuffed in a nicely cooked duck, stuffed in a western saddle.

I have eaten both Turducken and Turporken, and consider both more novelty items than anything else.

How do you get all meat uniformly cooked? I honestly don't recall, but package directions were followed and all the meat was nicely done though somewhat pointlessly presented.

Hammond

Oh goodie! I get to plug one of my favorite websites!

http://www.cruftbox.com/cruft/docs/turduckhen.html

JoelF wrote:Has anyone here actually eaten turducken?

From Alton Brown's rants against stuffing and the temps required to get a big bird cooked adequately, I'd be worried about ending up with a raw chicken, stuffed in a nicely cooked duck, stuffed in a western saddle.

My family has been ordering Turduckens for either xmas or Thanksgiving for aroun 5 years now. It actually started as a joke. When I mentioned a turducken to my father he didn't believe that such an item existed. So, being the brat I am, I ordered and prepared one for thanksgiving that year. My personal favorite is stuffed with an andouille conrbread dressing.

From what I've noticed I believe the company we have been ordering from cooks the chicken and duck prior to wrapping them into the turkey. (I only base this on the total cooking time of 4 hours at 350 degrees to an internal temp of 160) The meat must be thouroughly injected because I have never noticed any dryness.

In the past I have thought about making a tuducken from scratch myself. Some of the recipes call for cooking at 250 degrees for up to 16 hours.
Since I have the attention span of a hard boiled egg I opt to order the bird(s) and simply defrost and cook.

Flip

Mike G. wrote:They already began here.

I beat them to it though right here!

Nyaa - nyaa

Strangely, I was handed a sample of organic dog food the other day which was "Turducken" flavor with nice picture of a Turducken on the front. It is too bad the pups can't tell me how it actually tasted.

Cinny's Mom wrote:Strangely, I was handed a sample of organic dog food the other day which was "Turducken" flavor with nice picture of a Turducken on the front. It is too bad the pups can't tell me how it actually tasted.

If ever there was a time to "take one for the team"...